All the headlines from our Berkshire Hathaway Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 4 2007 // The mix of companies and investments billionaire Warren Buffett’s company holds makes some people think investing in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a bit like buying shares of a mutual fund that emphasizes insurance.But...
Apr 23 2007 // The Hartford, Berkshire Hathaway, First StateThe Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its First State Management Group has formed a strategic relationship with certain members of the Berkshire Hathaway...
Apr 11 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its First State Management Group has formed a strategic relationship with certain members of the Berkshire Hathaway group of insurance companies to offer expanded...
Mar 28 2007 // Equitas, the run-off vehicle established by Lloyd’s in 1996 to handle 1992 and prior years’ non-life liabilities, has completed its reinsurance transaction with National Indemnity Company, a member of the...
Mar 6 2007 // GEICO Insurance plans to add 100 workers to its Coralville, Iowa office, the company announced this week. The new jobs will be entry-level sales and service jobs, said Dina Pon, manager of GEICO insurance in Coralville....
Jan 28 2007 // Although 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about notification...
Dec 27 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has taken arguments against insurance industry use of credit scoring to the U.S. Supreme Court, filing a brief in a pending case involving the practice.Denn recruited 12 other...
Dec 25 2006 // JANUARYHallmark Aquires Aerospace Holdings Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark...
Dec 24 2006 // JANUARYHallmark Acquires Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark underwrites...
Nov 15 2006 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has cut its stake in Ameriprise Financial Inc. to 6 percent from 9.8 percent, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Buffett’s firm and...
Oct 23 2006 // Berkshire Hathaway most expensive U.S. stockThe most expensive stock in the United States passed a unique plateau, as the price for a Class A share of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. briefly surpassed...
Oct 20 2006 // Broadway producers call them “angels:” rich people who put up the money to fund their shows. In that sense, Equitas, the Lloyd’s vehicle set up in 1996 to run off a mountain of asbestos and environmental...
Oct 19 2006 // General Reinsurance, which is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said it learned this week that the company is not a target of a federal investigation into the collapse of insurer Reciprocal of...
Oct 12 2006 // “Bigger isn’t necessarily better,” says Texas independent insurance agent Al Boenker of the Al Boenker Insurance Agency. Boenker’s latest advertising puts him up against the gecko, making fun of the...
Oct 10 2006 // The most expensive stock in the United States passed a unique plateau, as the price for a Class A share of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. briefly surpassed $100,000.The shares closed up $1,296, or 1.3...
Oct 9 2006 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that GEICO insurance company has said it will no longer run what Blumenthal claims is “a false and misleading television advertisement” that claims the...
Sep 21 2006 // GEICO insurance company announced it would add nearly 800 jobs at its regional headquarters in Stafford County. The facility, one of seven regional offices, employs about 3,000 people and already is one of the...
Sep 17 2006 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that GEICO insurance company has said it will no longer run what Blumenthal claims is “a false and misleading television advertisement” in the state that...
Sep 13 2006 // GEICO reported that Nancy Pierce will head its Middle Atlantic operations which include Washington, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia. Pierce will also head the company’s property insurance...
Sep 12 2006 // GEICO announced it is actively recruiting for its Tucson,Ariz., office and plans to add 600 new associates in the next 15 months. Because of GEICO’s continued growth, the company will hire associates for its customer...